Montreal Festivals August 2017: Archaeology Month

The province of Quebec celebrates Archaeology Month in August. Montreal history and archaeology museum Pointe-à-Callière typically proposes family-friendly archaeology quests for the occasion. Consult the Archaeology Month website for the whole lineup.

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Montreal Festivals August 2017: Museum Exhibits

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Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has two major exhibits running through July. The first, called Revolution, features film clips, interviews and 250 objects --clothes, posters, clothes, albums-- depicting the '60s' most memorable musical performances and their link to the activism and ideals that shaped that decade.

The McCord Museum presents Illusions: The Art of Magic featuring posters promoting magic shows "mostly dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries" until January 7, 2018.

Pointe-à-Callière's Amazonia - The Shaman and The Mind of the Forest exhibition persists until October 22, an "immersive and multi-sensory experience that will showcase the shamanism and mythology of traditional Amazonian societies."

The Montreal Science Centre's CSI: The Experience is on until September 4, 2017, proposing visitors "compare tire tracks and shell...MORE casings, perform blood spatter and DNA analysis, and learn about forensic anthropology and toxicology in this highly interactive investigation." Based on the hit American TV series.

Several exhibits are on at the Musée d'artcontemporain de Montréal, including In Search of Expo '67 which features the works of 19 artists inspired by the ideas presented at Expo '67,and Olafur Eliasson's Multiple Shadow House. Eliasson ''applies scientific principles in order to explore our relationship to time and space'' via a series of installations that toy with space, light and movement. Both exhibits run until October 9.

And Château Ramezay presents Unearthing Montréal’s Luminous Past – A Living Archeological Legacy, ''a close-up look at some of the artifacts which illustrate the lives of those who have lived on this island, from prehistoric Aboriginal peoples to industrial era Montrealers'' running until September 3, 2018.

Montreal Festivals August 2017: Sidewalk Sales

Montreal Festivals August 2017: Just for Laughs

••• Above: former Montreal Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban speaks during a press conference on June 21, 2016 leading up to the NHL Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada, just over a week before news of Subban's controversial trade to the Nashville Predators, causing uproar among fans of the team's most popular player. Subban hosts a Just for Laughs comedy festival gala on closing night, August 1, 2016. Bruce Bennett / Getty Images

Montreal Festivals August 2017: The Great Montreal Ribfest

The Great Montreal Ribfest runs August 1 through August 6, 2017 in Old Montreal where some of the city's top BBQ restaurants grill their finest meats. Free admission. Food is extra.

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Montreal Festivals August 2017: Fantasia Film Fest

••• Above from left to right: actors Christopher Llyod and Max Records in 'I am Not a Serial Killer'. The thriller had its Canadian debut last August 2, 2016 at the Fantasia Film Festival with Llyod in attendance. Film still courtesy of Front Row Filmed Entertainment

You've got until August 2, 2017 to catch the gore and the kitsch that is Fantasia, one of North America's most important genre film festivals.

Montreal Festivals August 2017: Shakespeare-in-the-Park

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The 2017 season of Shakespeare-in-the-Park proposes performances of Much Ado About Nothing across several Montreal parks and green spaces until August 15 including on the grounds of the Mount Royal Cemetery across from Mount Royal Park on August 3, 2017. Performance starts at 7 p.m. Cancelled in case of rain. Free admission. See the full ​schedule.

Montreal Festivals August 2017: Otakuthon

World cosplay action, Japanese singing competitions and meetups with Japanese pop and anime industry guests of honor, catch Otakuthon August 4 through August 6, 2017 at Palais des congrès. Admission $40 to $60.

Montreal Festivals August 2017: International Triathlon

••• Above: vintage shot of the 1999 Montreal ITU Triathlon World Championships in motion. After a more than 15-year absence from the International Triathlon Union's World Cup schedule, Montreal is back on the world circuit in 2016. Photo courtesy of the Montreal International Triathlon

Montreal Festivals August 2017: Heavy Montréal

Heavy metal music fest Heavy Montréal skips a year in 2017. Expect it back on the roster in July 2018.

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Montreal Festivals August 2017: Marché des Possibles

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Organized by POP Montreal, Marché des Possibles is an open air market in the Mile End neighborhood until August 11, 2017 with a beer garden, a farmer's market, artisanal crafts, free film screenings and family-friendly musical performances as well as later-night DJ sessions.

Montreal Festivals August 2017: 360 View

Montreal Festivals August 2017: Under Pressure

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Graffiti artists create art to the tune of DJ sessions. As do Under Pressure's b-boys and b-girls, the lot doing their thing August 9 through August 13, 2017. Some events charge admission. Others don't.

Keep an eye for Under Pressure's free admission street fest perimeter located on Ste. Catherine Street East, between Ste. Élizabeth Street and Berger. Closed off to cars on both August 12 and August 13, 2017, activities for kids, dance battles and live graffiti creation are on the bill.

Montreal Festivals August 2017: Pervers/Cité

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Dubbing itself the “underside of pride,” Pervers/Cité is “a collaboratively organized summer festival that aims to make links across social justice groups, queer communities, and radical visions of pride. In a climate of corporatized gay agendas and whitewashed homogeneity amongst queers, Pervers/cité strives to provide a critical and accessible schedule of activities, designed to bring back the radical underpinnings to the pride movement.”

Running August 11 to August 14, 2017, catch Pervers/Cité's Trans March as well as several talks and meetups in Montreal.

August 10, 2017 features the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal performing songs from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess at the Olympic Park Esplanade and August 11 through August 12, 2017 features free music performances and activitiesin and around Place des Festivals and Place des Arts.

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Montreal Festivals August 2017: Matsuri Japan Festival

An annual tradition at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre of Montreal is Matsuri Japan Festival, a one-day outdoor event featuring martial arts demonstrations, dance performances, Taiko drummers, Japanese food and more. In 2017, it's on August 12, 2017. Free admission.

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Montreal Festivals August 2017: White Tour

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Join hundreds of yoga enthusiasts for a ​group yoga session at the Old Port on August 12, 2017. Admission $44 to $130, includes a goody bag and a complimentary yoga mat. All white yoga clothing required for participation.

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Montreal Festivals August 2017: Dîner en Blanc

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Paris got the ball rolling in 1988. And now infamous flash dinner party, Dîner en Blanc, has since spread to several cities around the world followed suit in recent years, Montreal included.

Montreal Festivals August 2017: Apple Picking

••• Above: shot taken in an unnamed orchard in Montérégie, a region in Quebec southeast of Montreal. ericmichaud / Getty Images

Who doesn't love apple picking? In Quebec as with anywhere else at the mercy of unpredictable weather patterns, the season's start date varies every year. With any luck, apple picking season could start as early as mid-August.

Montreal Festivals August 2017: Fashion and Design Fest

Montreal's annual Fashion and Design Festival proposes outdoor catwalk action and industry talks over the course of four days. In 2017, it runs August 21 to August 26, 2017.

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Montreal Festivals August 2017: NDG Arts Week

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From August 21 to August 27, 2017 it'sNDG Arts Week. Various free events featuring everything from opera to tango in the park are part of programming. Free admission. At various venues with several scheduled outdoors at Girouard Park / Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Park.

Montreal Festivals August 2017: MUTEK

Catch MUTEK's audiovisual experimentations August 22 through August 28, 2017.

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Montreal Festivals August 2017: RU

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Formerly called Nuit Blanche sur Tableau Noir, Réappropriation Urbaine (RU) is a street fair, a sidewalk sale and a live arts creation festival all wrapped into one running August 24 through August 27, 2017 on Avenue Mont-Royal.

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Montreal Festivals August 2017: NomadFest

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Experience a rodeo and immerse yourself in country music, gourmet food stations, bull riding August 24 through August 27, 2017 at the Old Port with NomadFest. Admission ranges from $10 to $75.

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Montreal Festivals August 2017: World Film Festival

••• Above: Willem Dafoe and Rio Adlahka in "Kiss of the Spider Woman" director Hector Babenco's "My Hindu Friend," the tale of a dying filmmaker, Diego Fairman, befriending a fellow patient at the hospital, a Hindu boy who suddenly disappears, sending Fairman's life off on an unexpected tangent. It screened at the 2016 Montreal World Festival. It was Babenco's final work, seeing as he died of a heart attack July 13, 2016. Film still courtesy of HB Filmes

Featuring films from across the globe, in many cases shown to the public for the first time, the Montreal World Film Festival is supposed to run August 24 through September 4, 2017.

Montreal Festivals August 2017: 18th Century Market

Usually Pointe-à-Callière's Public Market on Place Royale in Old Montreal happens the last weelend of August but it was held in May this year. Whether it returns to its regular timeslot in 2018 remains to be seen.

Selling authentic 18th century foodstuffs like maple syrup, cider, cheese and sausages, jams and spruce beer, games for kids, historical reenactments, and storytelling are usually part of the package.

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Montreal Festivals August 2017: Terrace Time

••• Above: three young women spotted smoking on a café terrace in Montreal on an undisclosed date in the 1970s. Things sure have changed in Montreal since then. Owen Franken / Getty Images